Birsay War Memorial
Posted in Trips, War Memorials at 20:30 on 22 July 2017
From Marwick Head we travelled on up the west coast of mainland Orkney (though the road is not actually right by the sea) heading for Birsay which lies towards the northwestern tip.
Before we got there I spotted a War Memorial in what turned out to be Birsay Cemetery.
The inscription reads, “In memory of those natives of Birsay who died for us and truth in the nation’s service in the war 1914-19.”
The lower plaque towards the base reads, “Also those who died in the Second World War,” including Edith Carson, NAAFI.
The other sides contain plaques for 1916:-
1917:-
and 1918:-
Two graves in the cemetery commemorate Great War deaths.
George Robertson, CEF, killed in action Oct 1916, aged 35:-
L/Cpl William A D Flett, 5th Seaforth Highlanders, 51st Division, killed in action Cambrai, France, 21/3/1916, aged 21 years:-
Tags: Birsay, First World War, Marwick Head, NAAFI, Second World War, the Great War, War Memorials, World War 1, World War 2, WW1, WW2, WWI, WWII
